For those of you who
refuse to use the Blank Rune in your runesets, you will be pleased
to know that you can use Pertho as your "blank rune."
For that reason, please read the section on the Blank Rune to understand
how Pertho will work for you in your readings.

For me, though, Pertho
indicates a birth. When it is upright, the rune itself looks like
an opening womb to me. That automatically leads to Pertho being
indicative of the sexual aspect of relationships, especially if
it appears paired with Gebo.

Pertho can also indicate
those talents and potential that have been hidden up until now.
It can also indicate that the querent has occult tendencies or an
ability as a medium, and it is likely that the querent was not consciously
aware of those abilities beforehand.

When reversed, Pertho
can mean death, whether of the body or of a situation. In relationship
questions, it often indicates sexual incompatibility or sexual dysfunction.

Pertho reversed can also
indicate that the querent has been indulging in uninformed occultic
dabbling.